| [00:02.44] | How I keep from goin' under? |
| [00:05.68] | It's like a jungle outside |
| [00:06.92] | Sometimes I wonder how I keep from goin' under |
| [00:09.50] | |
| [00:10.27] | We scream, "Black Lives Matter," but we still toting ladders |
| [00:13.85] | Watching our own brothers trying to get at us |
| [00:15.97] | Dreams get shattered when a scene full of crackers |
| [00:18.19] | And they charge you with some s**t you ain't do |
| [00:20.50] | You like, "what happened?" |
| [00:20.99] | We go get lawyers to say s**t, we don't know how to talk |
| [00:23.48] | They told us to hate each other before we learn how to walk |
| [00:26.16] | Mama taught you how to fight, fight, before she taught you how to write, right |
| [00:29.00] | And daddy locked down in the cell, can't kiss you night, night |
| [00:31.46] | Monsters under the bed every night, feel like it's fright night |
| [00:33.99] | Coke fumes in the air, mama holding on that pipe tight |
| [00:36.70] | And you catchin' contact, but never mind that |
| [00:38.60] | In a world where Black is wrong and white right, it's like a combat |
| [00:41.23] | We go to war for our freedom, they say we equal |
| [00:43.83] | I used to wanna play like Randall and be an Eagle |
| [00:46.48] | I used to play the quarterback, my dog would go receiver |
| [00:49.27] | That was 'til the ball got flat by a **** needle on the pavement |
| [00:52.52] | It's amazin', this environment we was raised in |
| [00:55.40] | On them papers, one mistake and I'm gettin' caged in |
| [00:57.54] | You gotta feel me, feel like the system tryna kill me |
| [00:59.97] | Got arrested and the charges F1 for popping wheelies, stay woke |
| [01:02.46] | |
| [01:02.59] | It was designed for us to fail |
| [01:05.96] | We still prevail through the hell |
| [01:08.70] | Yeah, can you believe it? We're still undefeated |
| [01:12.53] | Though it was designed for us to lose |
| [01:16.12] | We'll still make it through, nothing's impossible |
| [01:20.34] | Can you beleive it? We're still undefeated |
| [01:22.92] | |
| [01:23.28] | Picture me ten years younger with some tats on my face |
| [01:26.28] | Takin' a bunch of Xannys with the strap on my waist |
| [01:28.82] | Pointin' it at the camera like mama ain't teach me manners |
| [01:31.40] | Moving along right like I'm headed to Alabama, no, wait |
| [01:34.53] | I can't judge them, I'm just trying to understand them |
| [01:36.42] | Cause I used to pop Percs, pourin' purple in my Fanta |
| [01:39.70] | Had me swerving in my Phantom like I'm runnin' from my dreams |
| [01:41.77] | I was headed for the slammer, I was plantin' all the seed |
| [01:44.17] | For them to bury me, I had my whole family mad at me |
| [01:47.25] | Fell deep in love with the game and it married me |
| [01:49.94] | Judge said, "I'll give you a chance, just don't embarrass me" |
| [01:52.48] | Motivatin' these little ****** is like a charity |
| [01:54.91] | Community service even though they knew we was workin' |
| [01:57.40] | They did this to me on purpose, 'cause I ain't movin' too perfect |
| [01:59.81] | I stay away from them clowns, watch how I move through the circus |
| [02:02.31] | 'Cause they be weighing you down, even some of them dudes in your circle, stay woke |
| [02:04.65] | |
| [02:04.72] | Though it's designed for us to fail, yeah |
| [02:08.60] | We still prevail through the hell, yeah |
| [02:11.83] | Can you believe it? We're still undefeated |
| [02:15.90] | Though it was designed for us to lose |
| [02:18.33] | Nothing, nothing, nothing's impossible, no |
| [02:22.82] | Can you beleive it? We're still undefeated |
| [02:26.00] | |
| [02:26.59] | How can I pledge allegiance to the flag |
| [02:28.89] | When they killin' all our sons, all our dads? |
| [02:30.90] | I come from a place, when you kill your own brother you can brag |
| [02:34.22] | Like he got bodies, but that's a fad, no, that's a fact |
| [02:37.14] | I'm screamin' out at your corner, *****, that's a trap |
| [02:39.99] | Screamin' out at your homie, *****, that's a rat |
| [02:42.36] | Catch a case with him, bet he crack |
| [02:44.18] | The odds against you and they double stacked, stay woke |
| [02:46.95] | Bought my mom a new crib, that's some gangster s**t |
| [02:49.57] | Niece and nephews walking around wearing minks and s**t |
| [02:52.22] | Kept the hood motivated, this the thanks I get |
| [02:54.78] | Try to Ja Rule the kid on some W**ksta s**t |
| [02:57.21] | But that's impossible 'cause I'm unstoppable |
| [02:59.54] | The label can't drop me, *****, I'm too valuable |
| [03:02.19] | You thought I would lose but I won and that bothered you |
| [03:04.86] | Still movin' 'round in Philly just like the mobsters do |
| [03:07.53] | When I talked to Em and Hov, they said, "I'm proud of you |
| [03:10.38] | You stood tall back when everyone doubted you" |
| [03:13.16] | My reply is, "I did what I gotta do |
| [03:16.53] | And I need that verse 'fore you retire too" |
| [03:18.56] | Jumping all the obstacles, I'm way too wavy |
| [03:20.76] | Said I would lose boy you way too crazy |
| [03:22.75] | Pick and choose either fame or the money, fame will make you crazy |
| [03:25.87] | And the money will make them bad b*****s say, "Thank you, baby" |
| [03:28.52] | You're welcome |
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